Barrel-heading machine.



Patented Nov. l9, I90l.

J. W. ANGUS.

BARREL HEADING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 29, 1901.)

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No. 686,961. Patented Nov. l9, [90L J; W. ANGUS.

BARREL HEADING MACHINE.

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J. W. ANGUS. BARREL HEADING MACHINE.

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Unites STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOB \V. ANGUS, OFELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND ERASTUSH. BARNES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BARREL-HEADING MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,961, dated November19, 1901.

application filed April 29, 1901- $erial No. 57,885. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OB WINANS ANGUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey,haveinvented an ImprovementinBarrel-Heading Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of that class of barrels knownin the trade as slack barrels, such as are usually employed for sugar,flour, cement, and similar merchandise; and my invention relatesparticularly to devices for inserting the heads in such barrels, saidheads consisting of loose pieces-that is, pieces not doweled orotherwise fastened together.

In carrying out my invention I employ devices for receiving, guiding,and supporting the open end of the barrel, an adjacent stationarycircular platform for supporting the loose pieces forming the heads,devices for forcing the staves of the barrel into smallercircumferential area at the time when the parts forming the head arebrought into their relation with the ends of the staves, and a devicefor supporting the hoop and means connected therewith for forcing thehoop upon the end of the barrel outside of the staves and adjacent tothe head. These devices act automatically and progressively in theperformance of their various functions, and they are actuated by a rackand vertically-movable cross-head, all of which are hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial elevation and vertical sectionrepresenting my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan and partial section at theline mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan and partial section at the line y yof Fig. 1. Fig. at is a plan and partial section at the line 2 z ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is aplan and partial section at the line to 0c of Fig. 1.Fig. 6 is a partial elevation and vertical section at the lower part ofthe machine with one end of the barrel held in position engaging theparts forming the head and preparatory to the hoop being raised andforced aronndpver the end of the staves. Fig. 7 is a plan and partialsection of the parts at the upper end of Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a plan andpartial section at (11' y of Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a partial elevation ofthe ad jacent meeting edges of two of the ring-segments hereinafterdescribed; and Fig. 10 is a cross-section through one of saidring-segments and the circular platform serving as a support therefor atz 2, Fig. 2.

The metal base a, of any desired configuration, is provided withangle-iron standards I) c at spaced-apart intervals in connected pairs,the lower portions of said standards being fastened to the base byangle-iron brackets and rivets and the upper ends carried up andconnected to any desired means of support. A rack d is connected at itslower end to a cross-head e, movable vertically between the pairs ofangle-iron standards I) c, the ends of the cross-heads extending beyondthe standards and having connected to them the vertical bars h h, whichbars depend from the ends of the cross-head. A cross-head f is locatedbelow the cross-head e and is connected thereto by bolts 2 and spacedapart therefrom by helical springs 3, the respective ends of thecross-head f being located between the angleiron standards I) c. Thecross-head fis thus yieldingly supported from the cross-head e. A partof the cross-headf is an elliptical flange, to which a flangeddriving-plate g is bolted. This driving-plate g in the crosssection,Fig. 1, has the appearance of an inverted saucer, and it is of a sizeapproximately corresponding to one end of a barrel, so that the upperend of the barrel is received in this drivingplate, which not only movesthe barrel downward, but at the same time centers the barrel in themachine. Thelower ends of the vertical bars h h are made slightlynarrower in Width and provided with mortises 4 and curved lower ends,and I provide and connect to the angle-iron standards I) 0 guidebrackets5 6, the said vertical bars h It being received between the parts of theguidebrackets, and the outer faces of these vertical bars rest againstthe peripheries of friction-rollers 7, mounted upon short pins extendingbetween the brackets 5 6. The crosshead t' is provided with end plates8, securely fastened thereto and in which are pins 9, said pins passingthrough the mortises 4 in the lower ends of the Vertical bars h 71.,this cross-headt' being normally suspended by the said vertical bars andits pins 9.

I provide a steel cylinder 7c, vertically slotted at spaced-apartintervals, and bracketarms 10 below the lower edge of the cylinder andconnecting the said cylinder to the said cross-head 11 and by which thesame is supported. This steel cylinder surrounds the platform Z, uponwhich are placed the separate pieces forming the barrel-heads, and saidcylinder may be constructed of one or more pieces or parts connected orotherwise. The platform Zis made integral with a ring-base Z and witharms Z extending therefromin opposite directions, and which arms passbetween the anglc-iron standards I) c and are securely connected theretoby bolts 11, so that the platform Z and the parts connected therewithare fixed in the machine, or said platform Z may be otherwise supported,if found desirable. A ring m surrounds the steel cylinder 7c andnormally rests upon the arms Z Posts 12 are connected to and depend fromthis ring m, and the posts 12 are in turn connected to cross-bars 13.The crossbars have a sectional hub integrally threaded and surrounding athreaded portion of a centor-post 14:, upon which threaded portion arenuts 15, coming above and below the hub of the cross-bars, so as to lockthe position thereof with reference to the post 14: and yet permit ofthe adj ustability of the cross-bars with reference to the post, so thatthe ring m may occupy the desired position in the machine. The lower endof the post 1a is guided in a socket on the base a, and the upper end isguided in an inverted socket on the under side of the platform l, therebeing an opening in the center of the crosshead 7; for the free movementof the post 14 in relation to the cross-head t, or vice versa, and itwill be noticed from Fig. 3 of the drawings that the posts 12 comeoutside of the ring base Z and vertically beneath the ring m, so thatthere is no interference in the movement of the parts.

16 represents the hoop to be forced around outside of the staves of thebarrel adjacent to the head in the operation of heading a barrel, andthis hoop rests upon the ring m, and it is raised into position by thisring m, the posts 12, cross-bars 13, and center-post 14, and upon thelower end of the post 14 is a cross-pin 17, coming above one end of alever n, pivotally connected to a standard 18, secured to the base a,the other end of said lever being made with a curved or hookshapedportion adapted to receive the curved lower end of one of the verticalbars 71 in the position of the parts represented in Fig. 6.

Upon the inner surfaces of the angle-iron standards I) c I securebrackets 19, which serve as supports for the circular platform 0. Thiscircular platform 0 is provided with a series of parallel mortises 20,(see Figs. 2 and '10,) andit supports the ring-segments 7, there beingfour of these segments, by preference, which surround and are adapted tobe brought forcefully into contact with the surfaces of thebarrel-staves. These ring-segments are provided on their under surfaceswith pins in the mortises 20, the object of the mortises and pins beingto insure positive radial movements for the ring-segments. Theseringsegments are made with inclined convex inner surfaces with flatbases to rest upon and move over the surface of the circular platformand with central flanges 21 coming outside, and around the saidring-segments I provide peripheral grooves 22 23, the one above theother.

Flanges 24, four in number, are securely bolted to the platform 0, twoof them adjacent to the angle-iron standards 17 c and two intermediatethereof, and the vertical faces of the flanges 24 and the flanges 21meet and coincide in the normal position of the ringsegments, and Iprovide bolts 25 in pairs, and the bolts are securely fastened at oneend in the flanges 21, made integral with the ringsegments, and extendloosely through the flanges 24. Around the bolts are springs 26 and onthe free ends of the bolts tension-nuts 27. The offlce of the springs isto draw the ring-segments away from the center of the machine, so thattheir flanges 21 come up against the flanges 24 upon the platform 0, andthese springs yield as the ring-segments are forced toward one anotherand toward the center of the machine, and in these movements of thering-segments they are guided by the pins in the mortises 20, ashereinbefore stated.

I provide short shafts 28, extending through bearings formed upon theangle-iron standards Z) 0. Upon said shafts and between said standardsare cranks 29, and upon the ends of said cranks, outside of saidstandards, are cranks 30, in pairs, the cranks 30 being placed at rightangles to the cranks 29, and tensionropes s 6, extending around thering-segments and received in the peripheral grooves 22 23 thereof, areconnected at their respective ends by fastening devices 31 to the cranks30, the tension-rope .9 passing around in one direction and thetension-rope t in the opposite direction, and the respective ends of theropes are connected by the fastening devices to the cranks at theopposite sides of the machine.

Fig. 1 represents the devices in the position occupied as the barrel isplaced in the machine, and in the operation of the machine thecross-heads e andf are forced downward by the rack 61 and the mechanismoperating the same. In this movement the upper end of the barrel passesinto the driving-plate g, is centered thereby and moved down therewith,and the downward movement of the vertical bars h h with the cross-head epermits the cross-head i to descend by gravity and carry with it thesteel cylinder 7t, and the slots in the steel cylinder receiving thecross-bars 13 provide for the downward movement of the steel cylinderindependent of the said cross-bars and any movement that may be impartedthereto or thereby to the ring m. The steel cylinder 7c is within theopen end of the barrel and forms a guide therefor, and said parts maymove downward to an appreciable extent before they are frictionallybound and held in place and prior to the barrel being forced down withand by the driving-plate g. As the olfset portions of the vertical barsh h come in contact with the ends of the cranks 29 these cranks aremoved downward, the shafts 28 are turned, the cranks 30 are movedoutward and tension thereby applied to the ropes s t to draw thering-segments 9* toward the center of the machine and toward one anotherand in contact with the surface of the barrel-staves'to force the sametogether into a more intimate and close relation and at the same time toslightly bend the said staves and bring the end of the barrel with thedescent of the steel cylinder 1; into engagement with the pieces formingthe head upon the platform. This position of the parts is shown in Fig.6, and in this position it will be noticed that the upper edge of thesteel cylinder is is now below the ends of the barrel-staves and thatthe groove formed on the inner faces of the barrel-staves is in contactwith the edge of the parts forming the cover, being. held in thisposition by the tension applied by the ropes s t to the ring-segments r.In this position of the parts the lower end of the vertical bar 72 atone side of the machine, rests in the curved end of the lever n, and thefurther downward movement of the parts from the position Fig. 6 bringsthe steel cylinder against the arms Z simultaneously swings the lever'It, raises the center-post 14, the cross-bars 13, the posts 12, andthereby the ring at and hoop 16, forcing the same around outside of thestaves upon the end of the barrel adjacent to the head, completing theoperation of heading the barrel at one end,

the upward movement of the parts thereafter Y crossheadf, and the arms hh, releases the lever n, the center-post 14, and the parts connectingthe same to the ring m, so that said parts fall by gravity to theirnormal position in Fig. 1, in which the ring m rests upon the arms P. Inthe upward movement, the pins 9 are engaged by the lower ends of thearms h, the cross-head t is elevated together with. the steel cylinder7t, and as the parts return to the position Fig. 1 the reduced lowerends of the arms h It release the cranks 29 and 30, so that the springs26 act to separate the ring-segments r, returning the same, thetension-ropes, and the cranks 29 and 30 to their normal positionpreparatory to repeating the operations. has been removed from themachine, other strips placed upon the platform for another head, and thebarrel overturned to insert the other head by a repetition of theoperations of the machine as hereinbefore stated.

The relation of the cross-heads f and e is Meanwhile the barrel madeVariable by means of the yielding helical springs 3, so that thecross-head 6 may approach the cross-head f as the springs automaticallyyield at the end of the downward movement of the barrel and while thesame is firmly held and during the final movements of the cross-head eand arms h, when the strain is applied at the moment of connecting thehead and putting on the hoop by forcing the same upward around the endof the barrel.

I have not in my invention shown or described the devices for operatingthe barrelheading mechanism through the intervention of the rack d andcross-head 6 as prime movers, because the same form no necessary part ofmy invention and may be varied without changing the barrel-headingmechanism. I have shown and prefer to employ guides 32, projecting fromopposite sides of the ringbase Z and straddled by the steel cylinder it,these guides 32 and the arms Z acting together to control the Verticaldirection of the cy1inder 70. I have also shown and prefer to employstop-bolts 33, secured to and extending across between the standards tolimit the downward movement of the cross-head f and the driving-platecarried thereby.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a support for the piecesforming the barrel-head, of devices passing within and supporting andguiding the barrel at its open end, means for permitting the same tomove downward, a series of devices substantially as specified and actingaround the staves to press the same together and against the piecesforming-the head, means actuated diametrically and movingcircumferentially for contracting the said devices, a support for a hoopand means for elevating the same and forcing the hoop around the end ofthe barrel adjacent to the head, substantially as set forth.

2. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a platform forsupporting the pieces forming the head, of a guide for the barrelpassing Within its open end, yielding devices receiving the upper endofthe barrel and for forcing the same down, devices for permitting thesaid guide to move downward with the movement of the barrel, so that theends of the stares are brought into connection with the pieces formingthe head, a series of devices surrounding the end of the barrel andmeans acting in opposite directions for moving the same toward oneanother and compressing the staves and holding thesame with the head ofthe barrel in position, devices for supporting a hoop and other devicesfor elevating the same with the movement of the mechanism and forcingthe hoop around outside of the staves at the end of thebarrel andadjacent to the head, substantially as set forth.

3. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a fixed circularplatform support ing the pieces forming the head, a surround- IIO ingvertically movable cylinder extending Within and forming a guide for thebarrel and means for moving the said cylinder, a ring surrounding thecylinder and acting as a support for the hoop, and means for raising thesaid ring to force the hoop over the end of the barrel, a circularplatform and supports therefor, a series of ring-segments upon saidplatform and surrounding the barrel, means for forcing saidring-segments together to compress the barrel-staves and to hold thesame with the head in place during the movement of the hoop and meansfor returning the said ring-segments to their normal position,substantially as set forth.

4:- In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a fixed circularplatform supporting the pieces forming the head, a surroundingvertically-movable cylinder forming a guide for the barrel and means formoving the said cylinder, a ring surrounding the cylinder and acting asa support for the hoop, and means for raising the said ring to force thehoop over the end of the barrel, a circular platform and supportstherefor, a series of ring-segments upon said plat-form and surroundingthe barrel, tension-ropes surrounding the ring-segments with theirrespective ends adjacent to opposite sides of the machine so that thepull is in opposite directions, means for operating the same to draw thesegments toward one another and springactuated devices for returning thering-segments to their normal position, substantially as set forth.

5. In a barrel-heading machine, the combition with a circular platformsupporting the pieces formingthe head, a cylinder forming a guide forthe open end of the barrel and means for supporting and moving the same,a ring outside of the cylinder for supporting the hoop, means forraising and lowering the ring to force the hoop to place, vertical barsh h at opposite sides of the machine, a crosshead to which they areconnected and means for moving the cross-head and the bars vertically,the lower ends of the bars being provided with mortises and offsetedges, guidebrackets and friction-rollers at their ends between whichthe said bars move vertically, cross-shafts in the standards of themachine and cranks thereon actuated by the downward movement of the saidvertical bars, and devices brought into operation by the movements ofsaid cranks for forcing the barrelstaves toward one another and holdingthe same in engagement with the head while the hoop is being forced toplace and devices for returning said parts to their normal position whenreleased, substantially as set forth.

6. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platformsupporting the pieces forming the head, a cylinder forming a guide forthe open end of the barrel, and means for supporting and moving thesame, a ring outside of the cylinder supporting the hoop, means forraising and lowering the ring toforce the hoop to place, vertical bars'hh at opposite sides of the machine, a cross-head to which they areconnected and means for moving the cross-head and the bars vertically,the lower ends of the bars being provided with mortises and offsetedges, guide-brackets and friction-rollers at their ends between whichthe said bars move vertically, cross-shafts in the standards of themachine and cranks thereon actuated by the downward movement of the saidvertical bars, tension-ropes and devices connecting the same with saidcranks, radially-moving ring-segments Within the grasp of thetension-ropes and springs for returning the ringsegments to a normalposition when released, substantially as set forth.

7. Ina barrel-heading machine, the combination with a rack d, of across-head 6 connected thereto and movable vertically thereby, across-head fand bolts 2 by which the cross-head f is suspended from thecross-head e, and helical springs 3 between the crossheads 6 and factingas cushions providing a yielding movement for the cross-head f, and adriving-plate 9 connected to and supported by the cross-headf,substantially as set forth.

8. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with the base andangle-iron standards in connected pairs supported upon and connected tothe base, a circular bed supporting the parts forming the head of thebarrel, arms carrying the platform and extending between and connectedto the standards, the cross-heads'e f and t' extending across themachine between and guided by the said standards,devices connecting thecross-heads e and t' and devices connected to and brought into operationby the movement of said crossheads and parts for effecting the operationof heading the barrel, substantially as set forth.

9. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platformsupporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of a ring surrounding thesaid platform, a verticallymovable post, cross-bars connected to thepost and short posts connecting the crossbars to said ring and means forraising the said center post and ring, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

10. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with a circularplatform supporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of a ringsurrounding the said platform, a verticallymovable post, cross barsconnected to the post and short posts connecting the crossbars to saidring, and a pivoted lever, a crosspin on the center post above the leverand devices having a vertical movement in the machine and adapted tocome in contact with the free end of the lever for raising the post andthe said ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with avertically-movable post having ICO an exteriorly-threaded portion, ofthe ring m, the depending posts 12 connected thereto, the cross-bars 13,an interiorly-threaded hub portion connecting the cross-bars 13 andsurrounding the threaded portion of the post whereby the position of thering m may be vertically adj usted,and clamping-nuts 15 also upon thethreaded portion of the post for locking the position of the partsafter-adjustment, substantially as set forth.

12. In abarrel-heading machine, the combination with a circular platformsupporting the pieces forming the barrel-head, of the steel cylinder ksurrounding the platform forming a guide for the open end of the barreland vertically slotted at spaced-apart intervals to permit the steelcylinder to straddle other movable parts, a cross-head t' andconnections therefrom for supporting the steel cylinder, and means forimparting a vertical movement to the cross-head, substantially as setforth.

13. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with vertical standards,of brackets connected thereto, a circular platform 0 supported thereby,ring-segments carried by the said platform, flanges bolted to theplatform and forming stops in one direction for the outward movement ofthe ring-segments, devices for holding the ring-segments against saidflanges and devices acting in opposite directions around and against thesaid ring-segments to draw the same toward one another and toward thecenter of the machine around the barrel, substantially as set forth.

14. In a barrel-heading machine, the combination with verticalstandards, of brackets connected thereto, a circular platform 0supported thereby, flanges 24 secured to the circular platform adjacentto the standards and intermediate thereto, ring-segments supported bythe platform and each provided with integral flanges adjacent to theflanges 24, bolts connected to the flanges of the ring-segments andextending through the flanges of the platform, springs around the boltsand nuts for applying tension for holding the ringsegments normally withthe flanges together, and devices acting independent of the said springsand against their force and surround ing the ring-segments from oppositedirections and adapted to force the said segments toward one another andthe center of the machine and around the barrel substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

15. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with vertical standards,of brackets connected thereto a circular platform 0 supported thereby,flanges 24 secured to the circular platform adjacent to the standardsand intermediate thereto, ring-segments supported by the platform andeach provided with integral flanges adjacent to the flanges 24:, boltsconnected to the flanges of the ring-segments and extending through theflanges of the platform, springs around the bolts and nuts for applyingtension for holding the ringsegments normally with the flanges together,and tension-ropes surrounding the ring-segments from opposite sides ofthe machine, shafts in the standards of the machine,eranks at the endsof the shafts and to which the respective ends of the ropes areconnected, cranks placed centrally of the said shafts and between thestandards, and means operating by vertical movement for swinging thecranks and the shaft to apply tension to the ropes and force thering-segments toward one another, substantially as set forth.

16. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with thestandards,brackets connected therewith and the circular platformsupported thereby, of a series of ring-segments each comprising a flatbase, an inclined convex portion, an integral flange and peripheralgrooves upon the outer surface of the convex portionjfsubstantially asset forth.

17. In a barrel-heading machine,the combination with thestandards,brackets connected therewith and the circular platformsupported thereby, of a series of ring-segments each comprising a flatbase, an inclined convex portion, an integral flange and peripheralgrooves upon the outer surface of the convex portion, and pins extendingdownward from the said ring-segments in parallel mortises in the saidplatform, and means for moving the said ring-segments in oppositedirections, the said pins and mortises compelling the said movement tobe in radial lines, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 23d day of April, 1901.

J. W. ANGUS.

Witnesses:

GEO. '1. PINCKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.

